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Re:(erielack) Erie's Alco /GE/ IR switcher



- --- Janet & Randy Brown <jananran_@_mymailstation.com> wrote:
> I'll bet that Ingersoll-Rand (note the "o") built the engine and air
> compressor there.  GE did the electrics, and ALCo provided the carbody,
> frame and trucks -- and the final assembly.

The I-R plant in P'burg closed late in the 1970's and has been a
redevelopment site ever since.  I think something is finally happening.

> I don't remember whether I-R was on LV. CNJ or DL&W.

The DLW lies just north of the plant site; the CNJ on its south.  I think
both served it.  The LV was farther south, diverging as it came east
across the Delaware.

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Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey

http://www.geocities.com/gkazin/index.html


		
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